CSX Trenton Line CP Berry Philadelphia PA and SEPTA Main Line Melrose
Park PA March 23 and 24 2018

On March 7 2018, Union Pacific train SFLES-07 led by SD70M UP 4912 departed
Sacramento CA headed east with the final delivery of MARC Chargers (numbers
85, 86 and 87) and the third shipment of SEPTA ACS-64 Sprinters (904 and
905). Having dropped off the MARC engines in Baltimore MD on March 20, the
train, now called CSX W991, paused for a snow storm before continuing on
to its final destination: CSX Woodbourne Yard in Langhorne PA. A bright
and sunny morning on March 23 finds the train on the CSX Trenton Line just
east of CP Berry.

At this rate, the SEPTA order should be completed this summer. In other
related news, the CRRC plant in Springfield MA that will produce 45 SEPTA
bilevel cars to go with the new engines is slated to commence production
in April 2018, beginning with an order of 404 subway cars for MBTA, followed
by the cars for SEPTA.

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